Al-Kāfi - Volume 5


Book 3, Chapter 28

Marriage with Kurds and Sudan
3 Aḥadīth

1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (a.s) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (a.s) إِيَّاكُمْ وَنِكَاحَ الزِّنْجِ فَإِنَّهُ خَلْقٌ مُشَوَّهٌ.


1. Ali b. Ibrahim from Harun b. Muslim from Mas’adah b. Ziyad ¹ from Abu Abdillah (a.s) who said that Amir al-Mu’mineen (a.s) said: ’Be aware of marrying the people of al-Zanj, for they are a distorted creature.'

2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَكِّيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ الشَّامِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (a.s) لا تَشْتَرِ مِنَ السُّودَانِ أَحَداً فَإِنْ كَانَ لا بُدَّ فَمِنَ النُّوبَةِ فَإِنَّهُمْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّا نَصارى‏ أَخَذْنا مِيثاقَهُمْ فَنَسُوا حَظًّا مِمَّا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ سَيَذْكُرُونَ ذَلِكَ الْحَظَّ وَسَيَخْرُجُ مَعَ الْقَائِمِ (عجل الله تعالى فرجه) مِنَّا عِصَابَةٌ مِنْهُمْ وَلا تَنْكِحُوا مِنَ الأكْرَادِ أَحَداً فَإِنَّهُمْ جِنْسٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ كُشِفَ عَنْهُمُ الْغِطَاءُ.


2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from ‘Isma’il ibn Muhammad al-Makkiy from Ali ibn al-Husayn from ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman from al- Husayn ibn Khalid from those whom he has mentioned from abu Rabi’ al-Shamiy who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s), once said to me, ‘You must not buy anyone from al-Sudan, but if you must buy, then buy from al-Nawbah; they are of those about whom Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said, “Of those who have said, ‘We are helpers’, We took a covenant from them; then they forgot the share of what they were reminded.” (5:14) However, they will remember that share and they, a group of them, will come out with the rise of al-Qa’im with divine authority from us. You must not marry anyone of the Kurds; they are a species of Jinn from which the cover is removed.’”

3- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْحَدَّادِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (a.s) قَالَ لا تُنَاكِحُوا الزِّنْجَ وَالْخَزَرَ فَإِنَّ لَهُمْ أَرْحَاماً تَدُلُّ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْوَفَاءِ قَالَ وَالْهِنْدُ وَالسِّنْدُ وَالْقَنْدُ لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ نَجِيبٌ يَعْنِي الْقُنْدُهَارَ.


3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Musa ibn Ja’far from ‘Amr ibn Sa‘id from Muhammad al-Hashimiy from Ahmad ibn Yusuf from Ali ibn Dawud al-ffaddad from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) who said, ‘You must not marry al-Zanj and al-Khazar; they have such wombs that indicate disloyalty.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Of Indians, al-Sind and al-Qand - meaning al-Qandahar - a hybrid does not exist among them.’